It's ONE vote in the Senate, y'all. Save your energy. Not the best use of your dollars, either

Of all the scary scenarios I read in the 60s about how Russia might conquer the USA and destroy everything good about our society, none were as audaciously whacked-out and transparently wrong as this. In the Sputnik and moonshot eras, we learned better than this in grade school.

Does anybody with power give a damn about our troops?

Just WOW, y'all. Happy weekend!

It's a proud tradition (of very important people who are new on the scene) to teach their grandparents how to suck eggs.

Stay away from those self-checkout lanes, y'all. (Knew *some* companies were doing this - but, shit, Target!) I miss those long-ago days when Tar-zhay was a happy place... Take a pleasant walk around the store and bring home some nice things I hadn't seen everywhere else. No more!

PRODUCTS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, y'all.

Melville lays out the question:

How blessed this country would be if only more of us had learned important life lessons in our early years:

Y'all -

JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement is just straight-up evil. How can you read this story and be like, "This is good, actually"? www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Always follow the money, kids:

🤔 1. White people only make up 35% of NYC. They haven't been the majority in almost 50 years. 2. NYC is the *safest* major city in the US. 3. NYC has the *most* white billionaires of any US city. 4. NYC has the *most* white millionaires of any city. Is that what getting slaughtered looks like?

TOTAL RESPECT to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born this day in 1915. Just witness this clip, y'all:

If you don't know her, prepare to be blown away:

Actual quote from a viral video by Mamdani. Food for thought.

Oh, Target, this dog won't hunt. (Alt text for rebuttal on the attached image.)

I don’t think people who aren’t regularly covering the reproductive rights beat realize how common it is for women to be incarcerated for miscarriages.

PSA if you use Windows -= The Snipping Tool has improved, & I think many folks haven't noticed. It now has an Optical Character Reader built in. Works for me on very fine print, print on visually confusing backgrounds, wrinkled scans, etc. (Pin it to your toolbar and you'll use it more often.)

Seems only fair:

Here's what the top of this article OUGHT to say: This is a HIGHLY FACTUAL, DEEPLY RESEARCHED piece. It's TOLD as a hypothetical. It walks you through the way these processes could play out in one case, from the POV of one mom who has always tried very hard to Do The Right Things for her kids...

This shit is real, y'all. There's been NO "softening" of the bullshit, illegal violence. Post from the President of the Minneapolis City Council.

Do you lot care NOTHING for Historical Accuracy?

MEASLES is being weaponized. The nicest thing one could say about this is "persistent willful ignorance," and "reckless disregard for human life." Putin rejoices, y'all.

Right now: the federal government has to help these folks and get the power back on, and if they can’t, they should resign After that: we need a Grid New Deal and rebuild the grid for this century

Once more for the people in the back:

PSA for instrumentalists:

TEEN VOGUE, y'all! Kim Kelly! Bread and Roses

(At minimum, expose him to direct sunlight.)

Pilot makes a strong point:

Lots of communities are joining the Resistance...

Betty has solid skills in arithmetic:

As predicted, the MAGAs are now trying to blame a baby for being flash banged

New personal-safety tips just dropped:

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Avoid the AI "unmasking" bullshit. Bookmark the people who do serious work on visual data.

Make it viral.

If you are nationally observing on here what is happening in Minneapolis today, repost the below and donate.

I think there's a point where you are so angry that you run out of mental space for fear, and I think a lot of Minneapolis and St. Paul were there, today.

This is 100% true for whatever value of "the video". My guide to avoiding traumatizing media and how to do it more psychologically safely if you absolutely *must* watch it: synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/803314.html

Food for thought all through this thread. But Pres. Smith reigns supreme.

I appreciate people who can cut through the details to the Big Picture:

SJUPP!

Some people seem to be looking at this situation backwards:

Learn from the divas of your heritage, folks:

Hey, @profanity.accountant, how am I doing with that New Year's resolution?

"Use a pic from your gallery to describe your mental status..." My favorite thing about this image from 25 Nov 2025 is that THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS 4-BUS SITUATION HAD OCCURRED.

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"How can a person truly believe that 15-year-olds can sell sex to middle-aged men, but can’t affirm their own gender?"